11:55 PM,
Nov. 27, 2011

Jessica Boulton tries to score a point during a game of Quidditch at the old IM fields on the campus of Florida State University.

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Florida State University has its fair share of odd extracurricular activities. Some students scale walls for exercise and others fire Nerf guns at each other for five straight days.

Now, thanks to the efforts of FSU senior Jessica Boulton and a few other dedicated Tallahassee students, the city can enjoy the favorite pastime of the fictional Harry Potter universe.

Muggle Quidditch — an adaptation of a high-flying sport in J.K Rowling' billion-dollar Harry Potter book series that's like basketball with three hoops and a broomstick between your legs — has hit Tallahassee. ...